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Believe it or not, 'Face the Enemy' actually approaches an orchestral dimension! It introduces a string section playing a steady marcato passage as other strings and synthesizer patches are slowly introduced over-top. 'Mud' has a slow groove with a chord progression that evolves slowly over time, taking advantage of many old, favorite synthesizer patches. Not every track on Red Alert is hardcore or over-the-top electronic. These seemingly bizarre integrations of multiple styles are what keep the creative works of Frank Klepacki fascinating after multiple listens. Of course, the track wouldn't be complete without an old vocal sample of what I believe are crowds chanting 'Hitler' or a female wah vocal.

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He then transitions into a bizarre sort of electronic groove that features processed and pitched percussion and a siren-like synthesized patch that spends 30 seconds or so just wailing in and out like waves of sound.

Take 'Radio' for instance, where he works in samples of Gregorian chant. I'm still a fan of the tracks where Klepacki ventures out into other creative realms. That's until about 2:45 into the track when we realize Frank hasn't yet abandoned his electronic roots! In Red Alert, much of what we hear is a similar blend of hard rock and his vintage techno roots. A driven drum beat, coupled with shredding and relentless guitars, signal a change is coming from his first work on the series. The opening track 'Hell March' is brooding, dark, and very much like a hardcore rock song. With its release on iTunes, people can relive their favorite battles and other epic Command & Conquer moments. The score was initially released in two physical versions both commercially and as a limited edition bonus, but has since been reprinted digitally.

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To date, this is the most comprehensive collection we have of one video game studio's output.Frank Klepacki's soundtrack for Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a classic for many PC gamers. The collection will be used both for research purposes as well as for display in eGameRevolution.

titles but also Westwood titles that were sold throughout the world. This collection includes not only Westwood's U.S. Westwood's later RTS series, Command & Conquer, became probably their most successful franchise and spawned a large number of sequels. Westwood's Dune II is usually acknowledged as the first RTS, and Castle coined the term 'Real Time Strategy Game' specifically for it, and it later became an industry standard term. Westwood is most important for having created and popularized the real-time strategy game (RTS), in which players must try and defeat an opponent by making their moves while the play of the game continues (unlike a turn-based game like Civilization or Chess).

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Most of the games are related to Westwood's core strategy series such as Command & Conquer and Dune, but the collection also includes early games such as Westwood's Dungeons and Dragons games and mass market games such as Monopoly and Lion King. The collection provides an overview of Westwood's catalog, from their early days producing items for machines such as the Amiga and Commodore 64 to Westwood releases through 2003, when Electronic Arts, who had acquired Westwood, moved the company to Los Angeles. The donation includes approximately 500 items, consisting mostly of games and artwork but also including other artifacts such as costumes that actors used for game production. Westwood Studios co-founder Lou Castle donated a comprehensive collection of games and related artifacts developed by Westwood Studios.

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